Books - not ebooks- but real books to hold and read. This would be great gifts for grown ups, We see less and less people acquire the habit of reading which should be a part of our growth and development.. Here is a significant article about its importance, especially to writing. writingtoexhale.com/2009/09/surefire-but....
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.